Comments on: Should Demonstrably Intentional Internet Disinformation be Criminalized?

By: projektleiterin

projektleiterin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:25:00 +0000

Oh, I had overlooked this in your previous post, Dan. And my comment was meant to provoke a bit anyway, he. Most Americans will sooo defend the right for free speech, not matter what the issue at hand is; even the Ku Klux Clan and the Nazis should be granted freedom of speech. I find that somewhat more disturbing than these bits of misinformation on the web.

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:22:15 +0000

Proj: The x=1 amendment was mentioned in the original post. As I earnestly disclaim, this subject is “for discussion”. I don’t really want another unenforceable, stultifying law on the web.

President Lincoln is credited with, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
Most of us in the blogosphere are busily working to remove that doubt. But some of us are more earnest than others.

However, those of us who purport to teach (as with the how-to’s on my MrTitanium.com and his HouseholdHacker.com) should be held to a higher level of veracity. HH is pulling someone’s leg, but without the necessary “wink, wink, nudge, nudge” to let casual web wanderers know that it is a gag.

By: projektleiterin

projektleiterin — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:26 +0000

Is nobody going to mention the x amendment that defines the right of people to free speech?

If you let dumb people talk long enough, they will reveal themselves to you.

Which reminds me of this mini tv interview with an ultraright (in this case =Nazi) guy who got voted a couple of years ago in one of the Bundeslaender who formerly were part of the DDR. He was so dumb, so unbelievably dumb. He was not able to produce any coherent sentence and grammar was something alient to him. I was rolling my eyes all the time when listening to him. It turns out that many of these types got voted into the regional offices, but where so dumb that it eventually scared people away. They listened to the big eloquent demagogues and got sorely disappointed with the idiots they voted for.

By: Inoculated Mind

Inoculated Mind — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:12:41 +0000

If you let dumb people talk long enough, they will reveal themselves to you. They shouldn’t be censored, but people should understand that they need to cross-check their sources. Here’s some info about the Household Hacker hoax that I put together into a post:
http://www.inoculatedmind.com/2007/11/19/monday-madness-household-hacker/

By: Niklaus Pfirsig

Niklaus Pfirsig — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:31:23 +0000

I really think it shoud not be censored.

Long before the World Wide Web became popular, there were thousands of computer BBS (Bulletin Board systems) that exchanged Various BBSes generated thousands of “How to” guides covering everything from how to get that cute girl in your 4th period math class in bed to how to build a nuclear bomb from household items…

It was obvious that the vast majority of these textfiles were authored by people that had little, if any knowledge of the subjects, however a small number were well written and could be convincing to someone with little or no knowledge of the subject.

Many of these files can be found at Jason Scott’s website and are entertaining. A few in the Hacking/phreaking section are technically accurate. But , for the really weird, well written articles, check out the Keelynet stuff.